Sisyphus Industries is a high-tech start-up selling an unusual coffee table. Under its glass surface is a sand sculpture drawn by a metal ball following a programmable pattern. Starting at $1,299, it’s a pricey conversation piece, but it’ll fascinate all your friends, including the four-legged kind.
Found on Facebook by Teho!
Um, they didn’t think through the name? Sisyphus was condemned to roll a stone up a hill only to have it roll down again, for eternity. Endless pointlessness. Good to see Teho’s name! Hope he’s well.
Ommmowowbowwobowwowwowowoofwoofoofwooffuie.
Extra points for Leonard Cohen in the background.
I’m not sure that I want to work for a company called Sisyphus. I’m guessing that there’s no upward mobility. And suspect that there’s a very low glass ceiling for women. And men.
That said, I’d be sitting next to the dog, fascinated by this. I wonder if this can be programmed to do portraits?
Ha!
Very happy to hear from Teho. But I think this table is for people with more money than sense.
What does it say about me that I kinda want one but I don’t have the money to spend on it?
If I had a waiting room for kids or animals, I’d buy one in a hot minute. Picturing kids running around screaming with glee as the ball careens around the sand and a thousand cats on top of the glass trying to catch it.
Well, I’m sure you guys have sense, so I guess that’s me told. ?
Why am I wanting Tibetan Lamas in saffron robes spiritually dribbling multi-colored sand into intricate patterns creating the hope of prayerful symmetry instead? Only to try to prevent my 3 wild black cat spirits from creating chaos theory?
Yes, I thought of that too! Also the science museum in Boston that has a pendulum trickling sand, guided by the rotation of the Earth.
I’d prefer Tibetan Llamas.
Now yer talkin.
Not quite the same, but still very cool. And way more affordable. Perhaps with a removable plastic or glass cover?
https://www.thinkgeek.com/product/jisj/?pfm=Search&t=Sandscript
Hmmmm, I’m worried about the size. It looks like the Maine Coon could easily knock it over. And he would.
I just remembered when I read the words “randomized doodles” that I need to scoop the cat boxes.
My cats would be going nuts trying to get to the “litter” inside the glass. AFTER pooping on the top of course. “WHY? *scratch-scratch* CAN’T? *scratch-scratch* I? *scratch-scratch* COVER? *scratch-scratch* MY? *scratch-scratch* POO?!?!?! *scratch-scratch, scratch-scratchscratchscratch*